It's interesting to note that most of these authors didn't start baldly fictionalizing themselves until they'd attained serious notoriety beyond the literary world.

A person who attains notoriety at a young age in a their chosen profession is called a golden boy or a golden girl.

Walford attained notoriety due to the brutality of the crime in an otherwise quiet and peaceful village.

The station attained notoriety for its aggressive support of racial segregation in Mississippi in the 1950s and 1960s.

One particular variety of these diseases has attained special notoriety.

Rat immediately attained national notoriety for its exclusive inside stories from the Columbia University student uprising in the spring of 1968.

The old Tudor house attained notoriety, in the 18th century, after it became uninhabitable due to a severe haunting.

He attained notoriety due to his extensive dealings with the English government of his day.

With the local thrash scene gaining momentum, the band attained local notoriety.

In use, the term can be applied to all civil servants, not just those who attain notoriety.